Where does “skalpeeraus” come from?
skalpeeraus (Finnish) comes from Finnish skalpeerata, from Swedish skalpera, from French scalper, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...
skalpeeraus (Finnish): scalping
Definitions
- scalping
Ancestry of “skalpeeraus”, step by step
skalpeeraus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish skalpeerata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | skalpeerata | to scalp |
| 2 | Swedish | skalpera | to scalp (remove the scalp) |
| 3 | French | scalper | to scalp |
| 4 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 6 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |